WORLD’S BIGGEST ORGAN
With the completion of tho organ for Liverpool Cathedral, at the totul cost of £35,000, England possesses the largest in the world. This mngniAcent specimen of the “king of instruments*’ has live manuals and 105 speaking stops. The world’s record was previously held by the organ built for the World’s Exposition at St. Louis. This had beaten the fine instrument in the Centennial Hall in Sydney, which in its turn had eclipsed the organ in the rival capital of Melbourne. Previously. England’s biggest organ was that in the Albert Hall, while the largest cathedral instrument was that in St. Paul’s.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 19
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103WORLD’S BIGGEST ORGAN New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 19
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